Tim Mews of Marshfield rings The Salvation Army bell in the entrance of Festival Foods on Friday. Mews has been ringing the bell since 6 p.m. Thursday and hopes to ring the bell nonstop for 52 hours.

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Logan T. Carlson
Marshfield News-Herald

A Marshfield man is attempting to ring the bell in support of the Marshfield-area Salvation Army for 52 consecutive hours this weekend.

Tim Mews, 44, started ringing the bell at 6 p.m. Thursday in the entrance of Festival Foods in support of The Salvation Army's Red Kettle Christmas Campaign, and he doesn't plan to stop until 10 p.m. today.

"I'm currently going strong, but last night between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. was pretty rough," Mews said Friday afternoon. ...